According to court papers, prosecutors hired a video expert from Washington State to compare surveillance videos with car scans and a 3d model of the location to determine if Letteer’s car was, in fact, the car driven in the hit and run.

“It pretty much tells us this is the car, and that makes this case a solid case,” said Salavantis.

Latteer told police he drove the Grand Am that night but never drove it through Wilkes-Barre.

But cell phone records show Latteer making calls that night that were traced to a cell tower just a few blocks from the hit and run.

Prosecutors say Latteer still denies being in Wilkes-Barre on the night of the crash.

“He has not been cooperative. He did appear for questioning in the beginning but there is no sign of remorse at this point,” said Salavantis.

Latteer’s neighbors say they’re happy police made an arrest.

That was the worst of it all and the fact that somebody doesn`t even have the courtesy to stop and you have to know when you hit something,” said Debbie Atherholt of Plains Township.

Just two weeks after the child’s death, police impounded the car from Lateer’s home, but the process of connecting the car and Lateer to the incident took time.

In late January, authorities received a second search warrant and even blocked off west North Street to perform a post-crash inspection.